FUNCTIONS OF FINANCE Finance function is the most important function of a business. Finance is‚ closely‚ connected with production‚ marketing and other activities. In the absence of finance‚ all these activities come to a halt. In fact‚ only with finance‚ a business activity can be commenced‚ continued and expanded. Finance exists everywhere‚ be it production‚ marketing‚ human resource development or undertaking research activity. Understanding the universality and importance of finance‚ finance manager
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Project finance Aditya Agarwal Sandeep Kaul Fuqua School of Business Contents The MM Proposition What is a Project? What is Project Finance? Project Structure Financing choices Real World Cases Project Finance: Valuation Issues The MM Proposition The MM Proposition “The Capital Structure is irrelevant as long as the firm’s investment decisions are taken as given” Then why do corporations: Set up independent companies to undertake mega projects and
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Source of Finance Report I’m writing to you to give you more advice and guidance about which sources of finances should you go for. I’m going to give you a detailed analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of each source that will be appropriate for your business. External and Internal Sources of Finance External sources of finance are any sources of capital that can provide small business capital. For example a major external source are banks who can provide capital to your business to start
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The University for business and the professions MSc Degree in Shipping‚ Trade and Finance MSc Degree in Supply Chain‚ Trade and Finance MSc Degree in Energy‚ Trade and Finance Cass Business School Module Code SMM586 Exam title Corporate Finance Full/Part time Date 1st May 2013 Time 10.00 -13.00 Division of Marks: Section A carries 36 marks‚ Section B carries 28 marks and Section C carries 36 marks. Instructions to students: Students should answer TWO questions
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Personal Finance October 1‚ 2012 Personal Finance Basics and Time Value of Money This chapter has helped me to understand how important money and financial planning is to my present and future well being. I learned and realized just through the definition of the word personal financial planning that it means how we can map out our money and manage it better in given time frames. Managing your money is key and fundamental to your future stability and happiness. It can make your quality of living
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Week 1 Capital Budgeting I Tutorial: Chapter 1‚ 2 Chapter 1 Introduction to Corporate Finance Question 3: Investment and financing decisions Vocabulary test. Explain the differences between: a. Real and financial assets. b. Capital budgeting and financing decisions c. Closely held and public corporations d. Limited and unlimited liability. Answer a. Financial assets‚ such as stocks or bank loans‚ are claims held by investors. Corporations sell financial assets to raise
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The Internal Sources of Finance In order to grow your small business into a larger one‚ it is important to invest in it. And to invest in your business‚ you need access to finance. Unfortunately‚ external sources of finance — lenders and investors — are often skeptical of small businesses. This can leave you to rely on internal sources of finance for investing in your business. Retained Earnings Retained earnings are an easy source of internal financing to use because they are liquid assets. Retained
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Book Name : Financial Management‚ Theory and Practice E.F Brigham and M. C. Ehrhardt‚ International Middle East and Africa Edition Pages 3‚ 15 to 19 Book Name : Essentials of Managerial Finance‚ Fourteenth Edition‚ Scott Besley and Eugene F. Brigham http://www.scribd.com/doc/45859389/Essentials-of-Managerial-Finance One of the main attributes of successful companies is having funding to execute their plans. Companies can invest portion of their earning or may need to increase their funds by selling
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There is nothing like optimum capital structure for a firm. The Optimal Capital structure is that Capital Structure at which the weighted Average cost of capital (Ko) is Minimum. It is that combination of Equity and Debt at which the total cost of capital is mini-mum. Trade-off theory argues that there ’s an optimal amount of debt of each firm. At this level of debt‚ firms can take the most advantage of debts. Debts can be tax shield so that they can save money for firms to reinvest in
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Islamic Microfinance: the Evidence from Australia[J]. Journal of Humanics‚ 25(3): 217-235 [2] CBN (2005)‚ Central Bank of Nigeria Statistical Bulletin [3] CGAP‚ the Micro Banking Bulletin: Focus on Productivity‚ 2006 (6) [4] Cook‚ P. & Nixson‚ F. Finance and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Development‚ 2000 [5] Cressy‚ R. & Olofsson C. European SME Financing: An Overview[J]. Small Business Economics‚ 1997‚ (9): 87–96 [6] ECA‚ Enhancing the Competitiveness of Small and Medium Enterprises in Africa:
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